Soccer betting preview: Swansea City welcomes Watford in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 30.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Swansea.com Stadium (20827 seats)

Look no further! Here's all you need to know about the Championship game Swansea City - Watford!

Insights:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It's no vacation for neither Swansea City nor Watford as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Swansea City form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Swansea City have to build on here at Swansea.com Stadium in the Championship.

Swansea are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Reading. Manning (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Manning hit two key passes and had 55 successful passes (of 63 total).

A 3-3 draw away before that, with Coventry City the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Swansea City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Burnley are coming to town in three days.

Swansea has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Swansea City have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Watford form and stats

Playing away, Watford have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season.

Watford's previous game was their home loss versus Millwall (0-2). That defeat was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points. Watford goalkeeper Bachmann had a top-notch day's work vs Millwall, but even with managing six saves the defeat could not be evaded. Kabasele, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.33. Kabasele won 7 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Huddersfield Town at their stadium, the result 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Watford in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Watford, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Stats flash: 9 of the latest 10 league fixtures involving this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Watford manager Bilić as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Norwich City.

Watford find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Watford - Swansea City 1-2. Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Swansea City won four games, one match ended with a tie and Watford managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
8 goals
Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
6 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
6 goals

Swansea City missing players

Watford missing players

Swansea City Watford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 6 Played P 3 12 24
8 5 2 Won W 0 4 10
8 2 1 Drew D 3 5 7
8 4 3 Lost L 0 3 7
31 15 6 Scored S 2 13 30
34 14 9 Conceded C 2 12 24
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 88%
75% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 71%
54% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 42%
29% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 21%
12% 9% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
54% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 42% 42%
21% 27% 17% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 42%
29% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 29%
 
6 6.4 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 5.7 5.2
4.7 3.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.7 5.5
2.3 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12.3 13.3 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 11.7 11.8
4.3 4.4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.9
30% 31% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 31% 32%
 
9.4 7.6 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.8 11.9
3.5 2.6 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.9 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 24 14 8 2 49 24 13 9 4 0 29 11 11 5 4 2 20 13 25 50
2 Sheffield United 24 14 5 5 41 21 12 7 3 2 26 12 12 7 2 3 15 9 20 47
3 Blackburn Rovers 24 13 0 11 28 28 11 8 0 3 18 11 13 5 0 8 10 17 0 39
4 Watford 24 10 7 7 30 24 12 6 2 4 17 12 12 4 5 3 13 12 6 37
5 Norwich City 24 10 5 9 31 27 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 5 2 5 13 13 4 35
6 Millwall 23 10 5 8 29 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 3 35
7 Queens Park Rangers 24 10 5 9 27 27 11 5 2 4 15 13 13 5 3 5 12 14 0 35
8 Reading 24 11 2 11 28 34 12 8 1 3 18 12 12 3 1 8 10 22 -6 35
9 Sunderland 24 9 7 8 33 27 12 4 4 4 16 13 12 5 3 4 17 14 6 34
10 Preston North End 24 9 7 8 23 24 13 3 4 6 8 14 11 6 3 2 15 10 -1 34
11 Middlesbrough 24 9 6 9 36 31 12 5 5 2 17 12 12 4 1 7 19 19 5 33
12 Luton Town 23 8 9 6 26 25 12 3 7 2 16 13 11 5 2 4 10 12 1 33
13 Coventry City 23 9 6 8 26 25 11 6 2 3 14 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 33
14 West Bromwich Albion 24 8 8 8 31 26 12 4 4 4 17 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 5 32
15 Birmingham City 24 8 8 8 26 25 12 4 5 3 16 12 12 4 3 5 10 13 1 32
16 Swansea City 24 8 8 8 31 34 11 5 2 4 15 14 13 3 6 4 16 20 -3 32
17 Stoke City 24 8 6 10 28 32 11 3 3 5 13 16 13 5 3 5 15 16 -4 30
18 Bristol City 24 7 6 11 31 34 13 4 3 6 14 14 11 3 3 5 17 20 -3 27
19 Rotherham United 24 6 9 9 28 34 12 4 4 4 20 17 12 2 5 5 8 17 -6 27
20 Cardiff City 24 7 6 11 20 28 13 4 4 5 10 11 11 3 2 6 10 17 -8 27
21 Hull City 24 7 6 11 27 41 13 4 2 7 13 22 11 3 4 4 14 19 -14 27
22 Blackpool 24 6 7 11 26 35 11 3 2 6 12 16 13 3 5 5 14 19 -9 25
23 Wigan Athletic 24 6 6 12 24 38 12 2 3 7 9 20 12 4 3 5 15 18 -14 24
24 Huddersfield Town 23 6 4 13 21 30 12 4 2 6 10 12 11 2 2 7 11 18 -9 22

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.